Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] how to switch back to 'wired'?

[Vincent C. <vca...@ma...>]

At 12:05p -0400 2002/08/08, Michael Bovee wrote:
>What I have tried is -- switching to my setup for plugged-in 
>Ethernet at work through the Network Prefs and then unplugging the 
>card from my Lombard PBG3 (10.1.5) either before or after Sleeping 
>the computer.  Either way, Sleep works fine and doesn't wake when I 
>remove the card, but the system slows to a crawl after Waking and so 
>I just go for the reboot.

As opposed to separate"setups" for each environment, I have the 
following: a Location named "Main" which has the plugged-in settings 
for my built-in Ethernet port set up properly for wired operation. 
The same Location also has my wireless settings. Switching from one 
environment to the other is simple - don't. By that I mean that when 
I plug the cable in to the built-in Ethernet port, that connection 
goes active. If I unplug it, the wireless connection is used once 
it's available.

HOWTO
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Location: Main (or whatever name you desire)

a) Show: select Active Network Ports --> drag "Built-In Ethernet" to 
the top, so the order is 1) Built-In 2) Ethernet Adaptor (EN2) and 
then 3) Internal Modem. Put checkmarks next to the first two and 
_not_ next to the internal modem.

b) Show: select Built-In Ethernet --> set TCP/IP  and AppleTalk 
setting as needed (mine is DHCP and AppleTalk on)

c) Show: select Ethernet Adaptor (EN2) --> set TCP/IP  and AppleTalk 
setting as needed (mine is DHCP and AppleTalk off). [I note that 
apparently it is a bad idea to have more than one interface with 
AppleTalk set on]

I'm also running 10.1.5 on a Lombard. My card is a Lucent Orinoco 
Silver. I'm typing this with a wired connection and will presently 
retire to my bedroom, unplugging from the wired connection and 
letting the wireless connection be established - no action required 
on my part. I will sleep the machine only for the ease of carrying it 
to the bedroom.

When I leave the house and go to a location with a wireless network, 
I just have to change the network name in the wireless driver panel 
and click "Apply". If you have specific fixed IP addresses in the 
different environments (as opposed to DHCP assignment) then it may 
not be quite as simple...
-- 
Any sufficiently complex network comes, in time, to seem like an 
independent entity. - Gregory Benford